A new report, “The NHS: How does it compare?”, from The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU) has found that the UK has fewer doctors, nurses, hospital beds and crucial medical equipment than most other wealthy nations.

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Two cutting-edge cancer treatments using targeted radioactive therapy injections to destroy cancer cells are now being offered to patients with rare neuroendocrine tumours and patients with prostate cancer at Weston Park Hospital.

Whether or not patients see the same GP could affect how quickly bowel and lung cancers are diagnosed, according to a Cancer Research UK study published in the British Journal of General Practice. Symptoms of lung and bowel cancer tended to be picked up more quickly if patients consulted an unknown doctor than if they saw their usual GP, the University of Bristol researchers found.

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The only stupid mistake is one that you do not try to learn from’, said Trevor Dale, at a recent conference on patient safety. He provided an overview of human factors engineering and the importance of managing fallibility in the healthcare environment. LOUISE FRAMPTON reports.

STEVEN PEAK provides an insight into a new solution that could provide Trusts with flexible capacity, through the ability to ‘dock’ specialist facilities – as and when required – from MRI units and operating theatres, to endoscopy suites and wards.

Nearly half of all pancreatic cancer patients are diagnosed as a result of an emergency presentation to A&E – a much higher percentage than for most other adult cancers. Pancreatic cancer nurse specialist, DIANNE DOBSON, highlights the action that must be to be taken to improve diagnosis and survival.

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